Monday, October 20, 2003
DID ROH JUST BLINK?
The embattled South Korean president added this note of acknowledgment of reality:
So what does one make of the initial call for an extra-constitutional referendum? A brief paroxysm of frustration? A calculated gamble gone wrong? I suspect a combination of both.
President Roh Moo-hyun indicated yesterday that he might call off his plan to hold a national referendum in December on his troubled leadership.
"I will settle the matter politically to defuse the people's concern and find a breakthrough to run state affairs smoothly," Roh was quoted as saying in a meeting with war veterans at Cheong Wa Dae.
The embattled South Korean president added this note of acknowledgment of reality:
"It would be hard to push for the vote alone when all the political parties oppose the national referendum," he was further quoted as saying.
So what does one make of the initial call for an extra-constitutional referendum? A brief paroxysm of frustration? A calculated gamble gone wrong? I suspect a combination of both.
